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Geena Davis: Something's like crossed...

Geena Davis: Something's like crossed...

Something's like crossed over in me and I can't go back. I couldn't live.

Source:...

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Mrs Patrick Campbell: It doesn't matter...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: It doesn't matter...

It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the street and frighten the...

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Shirley Booth: Why is it...

Shirley Booth: Why is it...

Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seems to think...

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Joan Collins: I've never yet...

Joan Collins: I've never yet...

I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a...

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Helen Hayes: An actress always...

Helen Hayes: An actress always...

An actress always knows when she's hit it and mostly you haven't; but once or twice I think I hit it right, so maybe...

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Sarah Bernhardt: Life begets life....

Sarah Bernhardt: Life begets life....

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

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Jeanne Moreau: Acting deals with...

Jeanne Moreau: Acting deals with...

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he...

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Shelley Winters: In Hollywood, all...

Shelley Winters: In Hollywood, all...

In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes...

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Patricia Neal: Gort. Klaatu baraada...

Patricia Neal: Gort. Klaatu baraada...

Gort. Klaatu baraada nikto. (to the robot Gort)

Source: The Day the Earth Stood...

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Debra Winger: I don't believe...

Debra Winger: I don't believe...

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for...

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Shelley Long: If brains were...

Shelley Long: If brains were...

If brains were money, you'd need to take out a loan to buy a cup of coffee.

Source:...

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Jane Seymour: Even though I...

Jane Seymour: Even though I...

Even though I make those movies, I find myself wishing that more of those magic moments could happen in real...

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Rosalind Russell: Flops are a...

Rosalind Russell: Flops are a...

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the...

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Elayne Boosler: To listen to...

Elayne Boosler: To listen to...

To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Louise Erdrich: I think a...

Louise Erdrich: I think a...

I think a title is like a magnet. It begins to draw these scraps of experience or conversation or memory to it....

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Beth Henley: I find it...

Beth Henley: I find it...

I find it fascinating to think about what the world is going to be like when people won't talk...

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Harriet Monroe: Great ages of...

Harriet Monroe: Great ages of...

Great ages of art come only when a widespread creative impulse meets an equally widespread impulse of sympathy . ....

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Emma Lazarus: Give me your...

Emma Lazarus: Give me your...

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming...

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Simone Signoret: If Marilyn is...

Simone Signoret: If Marilyn is...

If Marilyn is in love with my husband it proves she has good taste, for I am in love with him...

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Edith Head: Your dresses should...

Edith Head: Your dresses should...

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a...

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